Leah Greenblatt
Writer at Freelance
Interim Editor at New York Times Books
Writer at large, advanced dance walker
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Leah Greenblatt
The filmmaker behind "Another Simple Favor" likes when things get "really, really extra" onscreen. Across outrageous, often scatological comedies like "Bridesmaids," "Spy" and "A Simple Favor," the director Paul Feig, 62, has cemented his unlikely cinematic reputation as a girl's guy. "I hate to say 'strong female characters,' because I don't like that term," he said in a video call from Los Angeles.
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1 month ago |
ew.com | Leah Greenblatt |James Mercadante
In honor of this emotional tradition, we've compiled 12 of the most heartfelt and brutally honest divorce songs from the women of country. Country fans can all agree: Nobody captures the many shades of heartbreak better than their favorite genre's leading ladies. Country music has worn many cowboy hats over the years , its steady dedication to storytelling has made it the perfect canvas for exploring the universal truths of divorce.
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1 month ago |
news.nestia.com | Leah Greenblatt
Image Cardi B, climbing into a car in New York City. Credit...Eduardo Munoz/Reuters By Leah GreenblattDear readers, ……
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2 months ago |
nytimes.com | Leah Greenblatt
I DREAM OF JONI: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell in 53 Snapshots, by Henry AlfordSONG SO WILD AND BLUE: A Life With the Music of Joni Mitchell, by Paul LisickyOn one of her signature songs, the restless, almost phosphorescent 1976 anthem "Hejira," Joni Mitchell sits in some cafe, sketching out a life philosophy: "We all come and go unknown/Each so deep and superficial/Between the forceps and the stone." She sounds majestic but weary, like an eagle or an off-duty Valkyrie.
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Feb 8, 2025 |
news.nestia.com | Leah Greenblatt
Image Credit...Librado Romero/The New York Times By Leah GreenblattDear readers, How’s your attention span these days? Mine seems to have surrendered almost completely to fidgety unrest, an anti-flow state you might call gerbil-esque (fuzzy, skittering, frequently stuck on a wheel). Nobody wants to go full hamster. So it helps to have a day job that relies at least in part on getting lost in literature; the reliable lure of other voices, other rooms.
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What a gift to spend a summer day in deepest New Jersey discussing maniacs, motherhood, and mediocre Spielbergs with the lovely and indomitable @JoyceCarolOates for @esquire magazine https://t.co/qhwTojfGHH
What a wild and chewy novel I got to review this week for @nytimesbooks, and what a perfectly deadpan illustration by Klaus Kremmerz https://t.co/0ezT7FAzfQ
When I got hired as a music assistant at @EW I didn’t know if I would be here six months. It’s been almost half a lifetime now and I still can’t believe how much fun we got to have at this ridiculous wonderful job. So I guess this is my Irish goodbye! I had the best time